New Business Intern

About us:

Delivery centres in Dubai and overseas support large implementation programs. Consultants are staffed across industries early on, then specialise after a few years. Every new hire gets a mentor outside their reporting line.

The internship:

Smith & Abdullah is hiring business development interns to find and qualify new leads, run outreach and support the sales team on calls. Fully remote, target-based work. Remote position. Most of the team is in Dubai, but nobody is required to come in. We do not have many meetings. Most updates happen in writing.

Responsibilities:

• Follow up with leads who have gone quiet, using approved email sequences.
• Prepare simple pitch decks and one-page proposals in Google Slides.
• Track daily and weekly targets in a shared sheet.
• Join demo calls as note taker and send the summary to the prospect afterwards.
• Attend the daily sales huddle on Zoom.
• Update every interaction in HubSpot or Zoho CRM on the same day.
• Make cold calls to qualified leads and book product demos for the sales manager.

What we're looking for:

• Based in the UAE for the duration of the internship.
• Eligible to work in the UAE.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026, 2027 or 2028.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Self-motivated and okay with targets. Some weeks will be slow, and that is normal.
• Basic MS Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• Available full time (40 hours a week) for 3 to 6 months.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: AED 4,000 - AED 5,300/month

What we offer:

• Mentorship.
• Flexible hours.
• Certificate of completion.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Smith & Abdullah.